Acorns (German: ''Eichel'', or more unusually ''Hackl'' or ''Ecker'') is a
suit
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in a deck of
German playing cards
German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suit (cards), suits of Acorns (suit), Acorns (''Eichel'' or ''Kreuz''), Leaves (s ...
or
Swiss playing cards. This suit was invented in 15th-century German-speaking lands and is a survivor from a large pool of experimental suit signs created to replace the
Latin suits. Around 1480, French card makers adapted this sign into
clubs
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
...
in a
French deck
French-suited playing cards or French-suited cards are cards that use the French suits of (clovers or clubs ), (tiles or diamonds ), (hearts ), and (pikes or spades ). Each suit contains three or four face/court cards. I ...
(known as clovers in France).
In English, cards are referred to as in a French deck (e.g. the "10 of Acorns"), but in German as ''Eichel-Zehn''.
Acorns are the highest suit in the
games
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of
Skat,
Schafkopf
Schafkopf (), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German Trick-taking game, trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular i ...
and
Doppelkopf
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, but the lowest in
Préférence
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. In
Watten
Watten may refer to:
Places
* Watten, Nord, a commune in the Nord ''département'' of France
** ''Blockhaus d'Éperlecques'' or Watten bunker, intended to be a launching facility for the V-2 ballistic missile
* Watten, Highland, a village in Cai ...
, the 7 of Acorns (the ''Spitz'' or ''Soach'') is the third highest
trump card
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.
The gallery below shows a suit of Acorns from a German-suited deck of 32 cards. The pack is of the Saxonian pattern:
File:Saxonian Deck - Acorns - 07.jpg , 7
File:Saxonian Deck - Acorns - 08.jpg , 8
File:Saxonian Deck - Acorns - 09.jpg , 9
File:Saxonian Deck - Acorns - 10.jpg, 10
File:Saxonian Deck - Acorns - Unter.jpg , Unter
File:Saxonian Deck - Acorns - Ober.jpg , Ober
File:Saxonian Deck - Acorns - King.jpg , King
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*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
File:Saxonian Deck - Acorns - Deuce.jpg, Deuce
Deuce, Deuces, or The Deuce may refer to:
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* Deuce, in the ''Danger Girl'' comic book series
* Deuce, a character in ''Shake It Up''
* Deuce, in the ''Wild Cards'' science fiction universe
* Deuce Biga ...
Individual cards
The following cards have special powers or names in certain games:
* Ober of Acorns - permanent top trump in
Schafkopf
Schafkopf (), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German Trick-taking game, trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular i ...
, where it is known as the Old Man (''der Alte'')
* Unter of Acorns - permanent trump in
Schafkopf
Schafkopf (), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German Trick-taking game, trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. It is still very popular i ...
and top trump in
Skat.
* Seven of Acorns - one of the top three trumps in games like
Watten
Watten may refer to:
Places
* Watten, Nord, a commune in the Nord ''département'' of France
** ''Blockhaus d'Éperlecques'' or Watten bunker, intended to be a launching facility for the V-2 ballistic missile
* Watten, Highland, a village in Cai ...
, where it is called the ''Spitz'' ("tip" or "point")
References
Card suits
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